Guard Fires Shot And Kills Babcock Varsity Student In Hotel

A security guard, Azeez Ibrahim, has shot dead a female undergraduate of Babcock University, Busayo Ogunkoya, during a birthday party in a hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

 22-year-old Ogunkoya was celebrating with her friends on Saturday evening, July 5, 2014, at Mambillah Hotel, when the guard fired a shot that killed her and immediately the incident happened, there was confusion as the people fled the hotel.

A source said Ibrahim was drunk.

He said, “The incident happened on Saturday night when Busayo and her friends were having a party.She did not know the person celebrating, but she was invited to the party by her boyfriend.The party was going on fine until the security man, who was holding a gun which he claimed he had seized from some robbers, mishandled the gun and fired a bullet which hit Busayo. The guard was said to be drunk.”

The bullet lodged in the neck region of the victim and she was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the area where she was confirmed dead.

Policemen from the Owutu Police Division were said to have arrived at the scene and arrested the guard, the assistant manager of the hotel and the victim’s boyfriend.

A large number of security officials was also said to have been deployed in the hotel to prevent attack from aggrieved youths.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the guard, who fired the killer shot, owned a house in Ikorodu.

Our correspondent spoke with one of his tenants, who pleaded anonymity for security reasons.She described Ibrahim as a caring landlord who was only a victim of some “forces.”

She said, “He is such a nice and caring landlord. I have been living in his house for a long time and he has never made any trouble with me.I know he is just a victim of some forces beyond his control. He could not have deliberately killed the girl and I hope the police authorities would have mercy on him.”

 The case has been transferred to the SCID.”

*So sad.